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Can this Antena cause the nRF51 chips to burn?

Hi, I have used this antenna for my nRF51 layout, but it seems that the device is using very high currents! like in order of 200mA, I just wanted to know if this is because the antenna is a short circuit at DC or I have done something else wrong!

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peterz over 7 years ago +1

(not knowing how an F-Antenna is supposed to work...) if you can afford to sacrifice a PCB: remove the antenna with a cutter and solder a coaxial cable with a known, good antenna. Is the power consumption…
Roger Clark over 7 years ago in reply to myjtag +1

Any reason you didnt just use the Nordic reference design ? Antenna design is non trivial, and at these frequencies, tiny differences in track width or length or spacing make a big difference to the…

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0 bjorn-spockeli over 7 years ago

@myjtag: It is possible to use an inverted F design, but we generally recommend following our reference designs, i.e. using either quarter wave antenna or a meander antenna. Its hard to say what might be the issue without seeing the entire layout , but 200mA sound very very high. Could you upload the gerbers?
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0 bjorn-spockeli over 7 years ago

@myjtag: It is possible to use an inverted F design, but we generally recommend following our reference designs, i.e. using either quarter wave antenna or a meander antenna. Its hard to say what might be the issue without seeing the entire layout , but 200mA sound very very high. Could you upload the gerbers?
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